LUCKNOW, Sept. 16 -- Vijay Vishwas Pant has been appointed the new divisional commissioner of Lucknow, replacing Roshan Jacob, who has been shifted as secretary and commissioner of the food safety and drug administration department after her long stint as divisional commissioner, Lucknow.

In a major bureaucratic reshuffle carried out by the Uttar Pradesh government on Tuesday evening, the postings of 16 IAS officers were changed, including the commissioners of Lucknow, Prayagraj and Bareilly.

Kinjal Singh, director general, medical education, has been made transport commissioner replacing Brajesh Narayan Singh who has been appointed secretary, general administration department. Singh is due to retire this month.

Soumya Agarwal, divisio...